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Robert pockets million: tidy sum (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bomb

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'tidy sum' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'robert pockets million' is the wordplay.
'robert' becomes 'bob' (short for Robert).
'pockets' indicates putting letters inside.
'million' becomes 'm' (abbreviation).
'bob' enclosing 'm' is 'BOMB'.

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(Other definitions for bomb that I've seen before include "One going off" , "Explosive device" , "Big bucks - flop" , "See 18" , "fortune" .)

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